MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. -- Science teacher Michael Green wasn’t sure how his students would feel about the new assignment. Growing ...

Anubhav Shukla lives in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, where he runs a small, climate-controlled unit growing button mushrooms. His work relies on creating artificial temperature and humidity ...

India’s mushroom cultivation industry has seen a surge in popularity over the past decade, thanks to increasing consumer demand for healthy, plant-based protein sources and the rise of small-scale ...

C ollar City Mushrooms occupies a small building along the post-industrial waterfront of Troy, New York. Out back, baking in the winter sun between a shed and a yellow Volkswagen bus, sits a ...

Maybe it's a texture thing, or the fact that many words used in discussing mushrooms — spore, spawn, fungus — sound vaguely sinister. For people who don't like mushrooms or have never ventured past ...

America is tripping out on mushrooms right now. The fresh, edible kind you use for cooking, that is. Mushrooms of all varieties have always been a prominent part of Asian cuisines, but until recently, ...

Martin Blair started Underground Forest, a mushroom farm in a Tuscaloosa basement. He grows over 20 varieties of mushrooms, harvesting 300-400 pounds weekly. Blair sells his produce at local farmer's ...